The future home of Neighbors, an apartment on Chicago’s Gold Coast.

By CGN Staff

ARTnews shared the news on March 10 that a new satellite fair is planned to take place during the same weekend as EXPO CHICAGO next month. Called Neighbors, the fair will host a group of exhibiting galleries in a collector's 1,200 square foot apartment at Astor Court, 1355 North Astor Street. The house was designed for the Goodman Family (of lumber fortune and of the Goodman Theater) in 1914 by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. It was long a single-residence but was eventually sold and turned into smaller residences. It's well-known for its private outdoor courtyard.

Having an art fair in a home means that the smaller-scale, domestic-vibe is key to the new fair. CGN doesn't have many details yet, and we couldn't reach anyone for comment, but ARTnews states that the fair was borne from a serendipitous encounter between Mirka Serrato, a collector, and a groundsman at the apartment building when a unit happened to be available. After living in the apartment but ultimately leaving for Dallas, Serrato wanted to find a new purpose for her former home and set out to find the right person to help her start a new fair and to show art. Jonny Tanna, who founded a gallery in London, is working with Serrato now on Neighbors and the two promise to make it a high-end fair experience with rigorous exhibition standards.

Read the full article from ARTnews here and stay tuned as CGN learns more.

The fair will take place April 8–12, 2026. Watch neighbors.art for updates.

Key image: "1355 Astor Street Chicago" by CVB is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.